Camper Van Beethoven ready for 30th anniversary trek

Indie pioneers Camper Van Beethoven will spend part of the month on the U.S. tour trail celebrating their 30th anniversary and the impending release of "La Costa Perdida," their first album of new material in nine years.

The celebratory outing gets underway Jan. 18 in Philadelphia and includes a dozen stops, including the Feb. 23 wrap-up in Portland, OR.

Tickets for the trek are available now; details are available at the band's website.

"The coolest part was that everything flowed from the fact that these distinctive musicians and personalities sat in the living room," bassist/guitarist Victor Krummenacher said of the new album in a press release. "Four people are writing it. The songs have great energy, but we're more relaxed and stately and a lot more confident."